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Simpson Haugh to overhaul landmark Manchester tower

By 2020-02-25T07:00:00

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CIS building was once country’s tallest building

Plans to revamp a 1960s grade II-listed office block in the middle of Manchester by Ian Simpson’s practice Simpson Haugh Architects have gone in for planning.

The CIS Tower, completed in 1962, was briefly the country’s tallest building before it was overtaken a year later by the Millbank Tower in London.

It remained Manchester’s tallest tower for more than 40 years before another Ian Simpson scheme, the 47-storey Beetham Tower took the title in 2006.

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